The Mill Gate Shopping Centre in Bury has celebrated its 30th birthday by allowing some of the borough's finest bakers to show off their culinary skills. 

In homage to the popular Channel 4 programme, the centre hosted the "Great Mill Gate Bake Off" with four finalists competing to win the contest.

The competition started on social media, with contestants sending in images of their best-ever bakes.

The entries were then whittled down to four before they took part in a live "decorate-off" in the centre.

They were given 90 minutes to decorate their cakes with the brief being "Mill Gate’s 30th Birthday".

They could take this in any direction and the event even hosted their very own "Noel Fielding" who brought to life the ‘Bake Off’ tent, with his flair and panache as he engaged the contestants with friendly competition and rivalry.

Cakes were stripped, wrapped, covered, and cut up to create stunning 30th birthday celebration pieces which were displayed to the panel of judges, centre manager Kirsty Williams, “Noel Fielding” and other members of the Mill Gate team.

The cakes were judged based off aesthetics, creativity, and design with an essential taste test included too.

The cakes ranged from different celebration pieces, and the winning design of a stunning bouquet of blue flowers with Mill Gate memories included in the design.

The finalists were all awarded £50 vouchers to a shop of their choice with the star baker receiving a £100 voucher and signed copies of books from the Queen of "Bake Off" herself- Mary Berry and Paul Hollywood.

Ms Williams said: “Thank you to everyone that came and competed in our awesome Great Mill Gate Bake Off.

“The creativity displayed was incredible and we are so proud to have so many talented people in Bury!

“You can still watch the live event on our Facebook page.”